Some actors land roles that are so iconic that it overshadows the rest of their career. Anthony Perkins immediately springs to mind; he did plenty of other stuff after Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," but he never escaped the shadow of Norman Bates. Linda Blair fared even worse after playing Regan in "The Exorcist," her adult career dwindling into B-movie hell. As for Tim Curry, he did okay — he got to play Pennywise in "It" and gained another cult favorite in "Clue," but he will always be remembered for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." And it was a career-defining role that Mick Jagger wanted for himself.

Still touring as recently as 2024, the Rolling Stones have become the granddads of rock 'n' roll with the surviving principal members (Jagger, Keith Richards

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